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Extremal Numbers of Generalised Face-Incidence Graphs via an Algebraic Reflection-Group Method

An upper bound on the extremal number ex(n,H) - the maximum edge count of an n-vertex graph containing no copy of H - for the family of generalised face-incidence graphs, which includes the face-incidence graphs of regular polytopes. The bound is obtained by recasting the Conlon-Lee reflection-group technique for controlling repeated applications of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality in a purely algebraic form and combining it with the Janzer-Sudakov percolation criterion; the same algebraic framework also simplifies proofs concerning weakly norming graphs.